swldx...@gmail.com <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:

Steve K | 1677 posts | 1 hour ago
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This Nick Freeman bloke who doesn't think cyclists should be video-ing
other road users? Is he in any way related to this Nick Freeman?

QUOTE: Shot this video from passenger seat of cyclists flouting Highway
Code ie R59 should wear helmet & light/fluorescent clothing.R 66 Should
never ride more than single file on narrow/busy roads & when riding around bends. ENDS

https://twitter.com/TheMrLoophole/status/1466474327541436420

What is this "flouting the Highway Code?
Is it the law to wear a hat and bright clothing?
Is it illegal to ride in pairs?

I thought Arsehole was a legal expert?

Mr Arsehole’s words were precisely correct, whereas your interpretation of them isn’t.

You see, you’ve linked the second two questions to your first one, without any justification for doing so.

Or, to put it another way, you’re piling supposition upon supposition.


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swldx...@gmail.com <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:

https://twitter.com/TheMrLoophole/status/1466474327541436420

What is this "flouting the Highway Code?
Is it the law to wear a hat and bright clothing?
Is it illegal to ride in pairs?

I thought Arsehole was a legal expert?

Sebastian Teague 📷🏳️‍🌈🌹
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Dec 3, 2021
I'd like to see how you pass hazards. You seem like the sort of person
who has a go at cyclists then pass with less than 1.5m between you and
then accelerate past a horse

They are cycling lawfully, plus in a group it makes them easier and safer
to overtake than a long line.

Ah, I see you’re beginning to recognise when someone is piling supposition upon supposition; that was a typical example.

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swldx...@gmail.com <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:

mpdouglas replied to Steve K | 120 posts | 44 min ago
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That's him. Mr PoopHole. Forever spouting total excrement. Is reporting
any crime a problem for him (child abuse, robbery, people trafficking,
sexual abuse etc etc), or is it just the crimes that he and his clientele routinely engage in whilst driving?!

QUITE - HYPOCRISY INCARNATE.

I think there’s a touch of PKB in there.

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Muddy Ford | 395 posts | 11 min ago
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Dont want to live in a snitch society? What an absolute pile of dog turd
that Loophole is. Would he advocate that all of society refuses to give evidence to help convict criminals, or is it only when cyclists are
injured or killed? One can only hope that karma comes to him and he is smashed into by a texting lorry driver.

It's because of dickhead statements like his that so many drivers think
it's not an issue to drive on the motorway whilst staring into their laps where their phone is. Perhaps he should try and convince the husband of
that family that were wiped out on the A34 that cyclists who report
mobile phone users are snitches. I'd fully expect and support that
husband thumping his stupid smug smile of his face.

What a well-crafted and thoughtfully-delivered argument. Not.

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swldx...@gmail.com <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:

LeadenSkies | 125 posts | 2 hours ago
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What I don't like is the fact that every time I dare to cycle on the
road, I put my life in the hands of people who illegally play with their mobile phone whilst driving because they decide that posting on X or some other social media platform is more important than driving safely. As
others have already pointed out, they don't just do this in stationary traffic, they do it while driving and the distraction caused by doing it lasts for 30 seconds plus afterwards and is impairment of a similar level to drink driving.

I feel much the same about pavement cyclists.

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swldx...@gmail.com <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:

Quote:

Freeman then argued that fixed traffic cameras are more than adequate
to pick up law-breaking drivers.

6.6 million UK drivers admit to using their mobile when driving (so who
knows what the true figure is, but one has to assume considerably
higher): in 2022 16,000 were caught. One doesn't want to accuse such a renowned road safety expert and top lawyer of talking bollocks, but
catching 0.24% of offenders (and of course not all of them will have been caught with fixed traffic cameras) isn't what most people would describe
as "more than adequate".

So what’s the proportion of cyclists that get tickets for RLJing? Or
cycling on the footway?

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swldx...@gmail.com <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:

All those cyclists riding on the wrong side of the road are disgraceful, drivers would never do that! . .

https://cdn.road.cc/sites/default/files/styles/main_width/public/11%2003%202022%20VN10VZZ%20pic.jpg

What does the Highway Code have to say about the lane positioning of
cyclists when approaching a junction?

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swldx...@gmail.com <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:

Two observations on the Nick Freeman piece:

1. The guy clearly has little or no self awareness.

This from a cyclist? ROFL!

He opines on rights and responsibilities whilst promoting himself as "Mr Loophole"

2. He needs to visit Specsavers - the road in the video is not a "narrow" road - it has space for two lanes.

True - also his little video makes no sense. The cyclists are not cycling
in an 'inconsiderate' manner. They are perfectly obeying the rules. A
tractor or other farm vehicle would be doing exactly the same.

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